FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Chemical: pentan-2-one
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General Information
Name
pentan-2-one
FlyBase ID
FBch0000082
ChEBI Name
pentan-2-one
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:16472
PubChem Name
2-Pentanone
PubChem ID
CID:7895
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of pentan-2-one
pentan-2-one
InChIKey

XNLICIUVMPYHGG-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

ChEBI: Pentan-2-one is a pentanone carrying an oxo substituent at position 2. It has a role as a plant metabolite. It is a methyl ketone and a pentanone.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (23)
Synonyms
107-87-9
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-Pentanone
(Brown et al., 2020, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
2-pentanone
(Wei et al., 2025, Kato et al., 2023, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Badel et al., 2016, Larter et al., 2016)
Ethyl acetone
(PubChem, 2019-)
Ethylacetone
(PubChem, 2019-)
METHYL PROPYL KETONE
(PubChem, 2019-)
Methyl n-propyl ketone
(PubChem, 2019-)
Methyl propyl ketone
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Metylopropyloketon
(PubChem, 2019-)
PENTAN-2-ONE
(PubChem, 2019-)
Pentan-2-one
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Pentanone
(PubChem, 2019-)
Propyl methyl ketone
(PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:7895
(PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl acetone
(PubChem, 2019-)
ethylacetone
(PubChem, 2019-)
methyl n-propyl ketone
(PubChem, 2019-)
methyl propyl ketone
(PubChem, 2019-)
metylopropyloketon
(PubChem, 2019-)
pentan-2-one
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Badel et al., 2016)
pentanone
(PubChem, 2019-)
propyl methyl ketone
(PubChem, 2019-)
pubchem:7895
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (8)